Add Vim to Windows Send To menu

In Windows, you can easily open any files in Vim with whatever options you like by adding a shortcut to your SendTo directory. In Windows XP and earlier, the SendTo directory is located at "C:\Documents and Settings\<YOUR USER NAME>\SendTo". In Windows 7 and Vista the path is somewhere under your user name (AppData/Roaming/etc.), but it is easier to access this folder by typing "shell:sendto" into Explorer's address bar or a "Run" dialog. Just creating a shortcut to Vim in this directory will add Vim to the "Send To" context menu.

You can specify any options you like with this shortcut by editing the "target" field under the shortcut properties. For example:

You can add a "diff in Vim" shortcut with "C:\Program Files\Vim\vim71\gvim.exe" -d